"Schiffer removed a cable from his bedside table lamp, then wound it around his nipples and his penis and stuck the end in a power socket," said Bochum prison spokeswoman Candida Tunkel. Schiffer was still plugged into the device after he was discovered by guards. A post-mortem evaluation determined that Schiffer died as a result of heart failure caused by the electricity coursing through his body. (22 July 2018)
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Friday 5th of July 1918 (-) — Serial killer Jeanne Weber dies of nephritis. Some sources claim Weber strangled herself in an asylum, most probably she hanged herself during a nephritic crisis.